Re: n00b question: Spliting a clip
Re: n00b question: Spliting a clip
- Subject: Re: n00b question: Spliting a clip
- From: Tony Huet <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 15:30:18 -0600
On Mar 1, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Mark Ratering wrote:
Hi all, I have a clip that contains about 20 different interviews with
random people. I need to split this one clip up into a bunch of clips
so i can reorder them all. Despite my greatest efforts this remains a
mystery so I now come to the experts. How do i split this 1 clip into
lots of smaller ones??
Mark,
Here's my canned reply. It's how I teach it in class. It looks like a
lot of work, but you'll find it goes pretty quickly once you get the
hang of it. Just read through it a couple of times. You are actually
making 'subclips', which work just like regular clips.
I hope this helps,
Tony Huet.
Digital Training & Designs
How to create Subclips using markers:
(If the material is from DV source, you can skip the following
section by using the Mark > DV Start/Stop Detect command. It will add
the markers for you automatically, but it won't name them. To name a
marker, use SHIFT-UP ARROW or SHIFT-DOWN ARROW to move to the marker,
and then press the 'm' key as below. If the material is not DV, use
the section below.)
* Load the clip into the viewer window by double-clicking it
* press 'Home' so you are at the start of the clip
* add a marker by pressing the 'm' key
* open the Edit Marker dialog box by pressing the 'm' key again
* name the marker
* click OK to dismiss the Edit Marker dialog box
* you'll see a small marker at the beginning of the clip
* move the playback head to where you want the next clip to start
* add another marker by pressing the 'm' key
* open the Edit Marker dialog box by pressing the 'm' key a second
time
* name the marker
* click OK to close the dialog box
* continue through the rest of the clip adding markers whenever you
want to start a new clip and naming them as above
You can move from one marker to the next by pressing the SHIFT + Up
Arrow or SHIFT+ Down Arrow keys. When you are done adding markers,
make a new bin:
* make a new Bin to store the new clips you are about to make by
pressing COMMAND-B
* you should see a new untitled bin (folder) in the project window
* name the new bin (folder) whatever makes sense to you
Save your project. Now you can convert each marked section of the
clip into a new, shorter clip:
* in the browser window, locate your clip
* click the small triangle just to the left of the clip name - you
should see a list of all the markers you added
* select all the markers listed under the clip - click on the first
marker and then hold down the shift key and click on the last one
* position the cursor over any one of the selected markers and hold
down the mouse button and drag the marker over the new bin you
created earlier
* when the cursor is over the new bin you created, release the
mouse button
* when you release the mouse button, Final Cut will convert each
marked area of the long 'master' clip into shorter 'subclips'
* Click on the triangle next to the new bin you just dropped the
clips into and you will see new clips named after the markers you
created
* the clips will have 'squiggly' edges on them to indicate they
were part of a much longer clip (a subclip)
* you can double click on 'subclip' and it will act as a regular
clip - you can mark In and Out points, edit it onto the timeline,
etc., just like a normal clip
That's it. Once you get the hang of it, you can chop up a long clip
in just a few minutes and it will be much easier to work with. I hope
I don't make it sound harder than it is - once you've done it you're
see that it really is pretty straightforward.
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